Ruffling attachment for sewing-mach ines



(ModeL) T. B. GARRETSON.

RUPPLING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES. No. 246.745.'

Patented Sept. 6,1881.

N. PETERS. PhuloLll NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS B. ennnnrson, or OSKALOOSA, IOWA.

RUFFLING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,745, dated September 6, I881.

Application filed March 25, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS B. GARRETsoN, of Oskaloosa, in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewing-Machine Attachments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved sewing-machine attachment. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is a side view. Fig. 4 is a bottom-plan view. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view, and Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like letters of reference.

This invention relates to a combined ruflling and shirring attachment to sewing-machines; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

My improved attachment comprises in its construction a presser-foot capable of being secured upon the foot-bar in lieu of the ordinary presser-foot or hemmer, and formed or provided with a springactuated pushing-blade, operated by the needle-bar for the purpose of forming the ruffles, and mechanism for adjusting the stroke of the said pushing-blade, and consequently the fullness of the ruffles, as will be hereinafter shown and described.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A represents the presser-foot, the stem of which, B,is provided with a collar, 0, having set-screw D for attaching it to the foot-bar. The sides of the Presser-foot are provided with up ward-projecting brackets E, the upper ends of which are connected by a threaded rod, F, upon the end of which, outside one of the side pieces or brackets, E, are pivoted the ruffler-blade carrier G, a triangular or heart-shaped plate, H, and a guide-strip, I, all of which are retained by means of a thumb-nut, J.

The carrier G is provided at its lower end .venient, and inexpensive.

(ModeL) with one or more pushing-blades, K, (or asingle forked one,) projoctingforward under the presser-foot, and the said carrier is provided in its side with a set-screw, L, working in a segmental slot, M, in the heart-shaped plate H, which may thus be adjusted and retained in any desired position in relation to the carrier. The guide-strip I is secured by a screw, N, to the side of bracket E.

0 is a spring, wound upon the rod F, and having one end secured to the outer bracket E and the other end attached to the carrier G, which is thereby forced in a forward direction, as shown.

In practice, the device having been secured upon the foot-bar, the fabric to be ruffled or shirred is adjusted beneath the presser-foot and pushing-blade. When the machine is operated the needle-baron its do w'nstroke strikes the plate H, thus forcing the blade-carrier back. When the needle-bar is raised the spring 0 forces the blade-carrier forward, thus ruffling the goods. By adjusting the plate H, the length of stroke of the blade-carrier, and consequently the fullness of the ruffling, may be regulated.

This attachment is exceedingly simple, con- It is not liable to get out of order, and'it'may, with slight modification, plainly obvious to any one skilled in the art to which it appertains, be adapted to any make of sewing-machines.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States The combination, with the presser-foot A, having brackets E E, and rod F, of the carrier Gr, having set-screw L and pushing-blade K, plate H, having slot M, guide-strip I, and the spring 0, all arranged and operating substantially as herein described, for the purpose shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS E. GARRETSON.

Witnesses:

D. R. HooPEs, D. W. LORINGr. 

